Football: "Oh Mickey, You're So Fine!" - Career Wins, Title Piling Up for Bulldogs' Head Man Thompson

By Jason S Rufner
Special to Viva Loudoun

Mickey Thompson
(photo by Steven Holland/Viva Loudoun)

Ashburn (Dec. 1, 2012) - If he hadn't been a football coach and educator, Mickey Thompson honestly doesn't know what he'd be doing.

"I have no idea," said Thompson after a thoughtful pause, emphasizing "no."

Fortunately for Stone Bridge fans, he doesn't have to know. He's got a gig, one at which he's been so successful that his record places him in his profession's upper pantheon.

Since his rookie season 22 years ago at Park View, the man affectionately referred to as "Mickey" but respectfully called "Coach Thompson" has amassed 213 coaching victories, averaging almost 10 wins per season at a level where seasons might last just 10 games. His career total rivals that of some of the longest tenured coaches in Virginia High School League (VHSL) history, and he's reached it faster than most.

Six times his teams have played in state championship games (two with Park View; four with Stone Bridge), winning the 2007 Group AAA title in a 38-0 blowout after a comeback upset of Phoebus in the semifinal. Thompson leads his Bulldogs into the state semifinals once again today with a 4 p.m. match-up at Hanover High School in Mechanicsville.

Nineteen times he's made the playoffs; 10 times he's been named Region Coach Of the Year. Since the Bulldogs were elevated to the Group AAA classification in 2005, Thompson's teams have owned both the Liberty District -- going 55-1 versus district foes while collecting every championship -- and the Division 5 half of the Northern Region, with six regional crowns in that span.

Football: Stone Bridge Coach Mickey Thompson Named Redskins High School Coach of the Week

(Sept. 23, 20212) - Even before Stone Bridge High School head football coach Mickey Thompson led his Bulldogs to a 37-14 win over Broad Run Friday in the Battle of the Burn, he was having a good week as the Washington Redskins announced before the kickoff that Thompson had been named the Redskins High School Coach of the Week for Sept. 17. Also, Jeremiah Davis of West Potomac High School in Alexandria was named Coach of the Week for Sept. 10.

Football: Stone Bridge's Thompson Reaches Milestone 200th Career Win as Bulldogs Blank Langley, 35-0

Celebrating 200!

Photo by Steven Holland

Special to VivaLoudoun
By Laurel Hattix
Ashburn (November 11, 2011) – Senior Stephen Trivieri rushed for four touchdowns for the second consecutive week to lead Stone Bridge High School to a 35-0 Northern Region Division 5 playoff win over Langley Friday night. The victory held special significance, as it not only brought the Bulldogs one step closer to a sixth AAA regional title in seven years, but the win was a milestone 200th career win for Bulldog coach Mickey Thompson.

Top seeded Stone Bridge (10-1) dominated the the No. 8 seed Saxons (5-6) on the ground, rushing for 203 yards in the first half alone. A strong Bulldog defense, led by Liberty District Defensive Player of the Year, junior Jonathan Allen, held the Saxons to only 47 total yards of offense in the first half as Stone Bridge built a 21-0 halftime lead.